Filter results

Results (1438)

Sort by:

Select all Select all

Page 1

No access

Select

Sam McDowell

The Saga of Sudden Sam

2022

Results in this title

6: Better Pitcher, Bigger Boozer S. 41-49

„… 4 16BETTER PITCHER, BIGGER BOOZERDuring the first four years of my career I listened to everybody …” „… studying. I talked to catchers and hitters I respected. I gained knowledge by watching how pitchers set up …” „… and retired certain batters by changing speeds and location. I noted batting stances and how pitchers …”

7: The Battle with Birdie S. 50-61

„… pitches about the time Sports Illustrated splashed a photo of me, mouth wide open as I fired one to the …” „… twelve- inning grinder during which I must have thrown about two hundred pitches. Pitchers in the modern …” „… era are often removed from games when they reach one hundred pitches—I had thrown twice that many. I …”

5: The Debut S. 33-40

„… remember the pitch that sent me out of the game. It was a 2-2 fastball I fired to Clevelander and future …” „… cus-tomary for exhibitions, had scheduled his pitchers for that game and I was not among them. Around the …” „… . But when Gary Bell hurt his ankle, Dykes ordered Harder to call me in to pitch. He should have been …”

19: A Whole New Ballgame S. 139-150

„… the greatest pitcher in history, Sandy Koufax.One day I was standing in the hallway drinking my …” „… morning coffee and talk-ing with Valentine. Soon one of the team’s top pitchers walked in and noticed …” „… eyes.“That’s Sandy Koufax,” I replied incredulously.“Who is that?” repeated the pitcher.Koufax was like Dick …”

8: Dark Brings Light S. 62-70

„… me to dictate my own pitch selection.Finally!Another benefit of the Dark hire was new pitching coach …” „… a teammate of Jim Fregosi and Bobby Knoop. They knew all about the drawbacks of signaling my pitches …” „… man calling my pitches as manager of the Indians in 1967. That it was my worst season was no …”

15: The Triumphs of Triumph S. 113-118

„… idea.Most promising was that I could impart wisdom from the school of hard knocks both as a pitcher and a …” „… every distraction, anything unrelated to the specific pitch or at- bat or play in the field. And the …” „… mission must be attacked with confidence.One example for a pitcher is to focus on the precise spot to …”

4: The Battle for Sam McDowell and Beyond S. 22-32

„… breaking pitches. It was no wonder that all sixteen major league teams made my parents an offer.What was …” „… watch me pitch. As a sophomore especially, but beyond as well, those visits had no effect on me. I did …” „… teams were notified that they C H A P t e r 42 4could pitch only one offer and that I and my parents …”

11: A Sour Bite of the Big Apple S. 84-0

„… when I resembled vintage Sam McDowell early in my return to the familiar role of a starting pitcher …” „… sustained the injury then could not pitch for three weeks.The Yankees would soon have been better off …” „… before the 1969 season. Among his recollections was his fear of facing me when I was scheduled to pitch …”

3: Unrecognized Greatness S. 16-21

„… they look at me like I have ten ears. After all, I was dominating hitters as few prep pitchers ever had …” „… in me as a pitcher. It was that I never gave it any thought.The other element was ignorance. It seems …” „… in turn allowed the Pirates to take notice. They summoned me to pitch batting practice before games …”

17: Expanding My Horizons S. 125-130

„… two teams.I was taken aback when their minor league director and major league pitch-ing coach asked me …” „… if I could help their pitchers with their physical approach and performance on the mound. It amounted …” „… curveball would not only blur my relationship with pitchers but usurp the authority of the coaches within …”

Index S. 165-170

„… , 37, 46, 52, 59, 85, 103; firearms collecting, 3, 60; as Giants pitcher, 78–83; growing up in …” „… Pittsburgh, 7–24; hobbies, 60, 130, 161–63; as Indians pitcher, 33–39, 46–48, 50–60, 62–67, 71–78; injuries …” „… , 83, 161; obsessive-compulsive traits, 6, 20, 44, 129; as Pirates pitcher, 90–92; pitch control, 28 …”

9: Goodbye, Cleveland S. 71-77

„… scheduled to pitch the following day. Dark informed me that Horton was experiencing severe emotional …” „… remained powerless and had no choice but to play through pain. Former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton wrote …” „… around midseason stating that major league hurlers needed to pitch through pain. He added that I was no …”

10: Hello, Misery S. 78-83

„… a great return for a pitcher perceived as injured property. So he kept it a secret to potential …” „… . Pitchers must perform confidently, intelligently, aggressively. I was not drunk on the mound but my …” „… did my running but there was no calisthenics, stretching, or any routine that pitchers ritualistically …”

Preface

„… . | Summary: “The candid autobiography of all-star pitcher “Sudden Sam” McDowell, whose alcohol-fueled life …” „… : LCSH: McDowell, Sam, 1942- | Pitchers (Baseball)—United States—Biography. | Baseball players—United …” „… piercing look that had the batter behind 0-2 in the count before he even threw a pitch. I know because I …”

14: My New Life S. 104-112

„… . This was not about helping a pitcher get a sharper break on his curveball. This was about the mental …” „… his own. I like to think after my recovery that I helped him become a thinking man’s pitcher. The …” „… self- worth as a pitcher but he handled outside noise far better than I had at his age. He did not …”

2: The Melancholy Child S. 8-15

„… . was a more talented pitcher. He also excelled in football. But all his college scholarship offers were …” „… younger than his teammates was a wake- up call to my dad. He began grooming me as a pitcher. His knowledge …” „… me how I could have developed so many pitches to a major league level before I’d ever played …”

20: Sudden Sam, Mayday Malone, and a New Bride S. 151-158

„… , won twice for his role as a tremendously talented major league pitcher whose career had been hampered …” „… between us. I did not run a bar in Bos-ton, and he had been a relief pitcher. Another was that Mayday …” „… story were planted a decade earlier when I met Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Todd Stottlemyre, whose quite …”

16: Resistance and Acceptance S. 119-124

„… relationship with the game started a bit more than a decade after I retired as a pitcher. Kuhn, who would be …” „… as a hitter or pitcher as well as the mental effects such as fear, defensiveness, and self- doubt …” „… unduly intimidated by the pitcher’s abilities. Those thoughts intensify and become a greater obstacle the …”

21: Vices Bad and Good S. 159-164

„… maximize my potential as a person and pitcher, I never look back in regret. Never. I do not agonize. This …” „… never maximize my pitch-ing potential. They could not fathom in that era, nor could they have known …”

1: A Gun to My Head S. 1-7

„… philosophi-cal differences with as time passed about how to maximize my effectiveness as a pitcher—also chastised …” „… , transforming me into an aggressive, positive pitcher instead of a defensive one. The problem was it would not …”

About the Authors S. 171-178

„… 1 7 1ABOUT THE AUTHORSsam McDowell was a six- time American League All- Star pitcher whose career …”

13: Gateway to Sobriety S. 98-103

„… of a comeback. I was only thirty- seven and, heck, some pitchers thrive into their mid- forties. My …”

18: Going to BAT S. 131-138

„… broadcasts. He sounded distressed.Garagiola had received a call from Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins …”

doi.org/10.5771/9781538156421

Shinobu Mizuguchi, Koichi Tateishi - Prominence in a Pitch Language

No access

Select

Shinobu Mizuguchi, Koichi Tateishi

Prominence in a Pitch Language

2023

doi.org/10.5771/9781793645869

No access

Select

Doug Wedge

Pinnacle on the Mound

2022

Results in this title

2 Turning It Over—a New Pitch, New Success: Mike McCormick S. 21-36

„… 212TURNING IT OVER—A NEW PITCH, NEWSUCCESS: MIKE MCCORMICK1967 NATIONAL LEAGUE CY YOUNG AWARDMike …” „… schoolgraduation, to becoming one of the better left-handed pitchers in theleague, to reinventing himself after a …” „… of a journeyman pitcher.”The likelihood of McCormick being named the National League’sbest pitcher …”

Conclusion S. 175-190

„… with others as a source of support.And finding that larger connection made them stronger pitchers.In …” „… batters hit by pitches.2 Toward the end of thebook, R. A. Dickey, a 37-year-old in his 17th season of …” „… , games started, and strikeouts. Twovery different approaches by pitchers at different stages of their …”

5 The Student of Pitching: LaMarr Hoyt S. 71-86

„… to be a littlebit higher. The park’s a little bigger—it’s just conducive for pitchers.”)He pitched …” „… lessons learned 25 years earlier with the next generation of pitchers.“I enjoy talking to kids about …” „… Comiskey Park tothrow out a ceremonial first pitch. Hoyt agreed, and his son Michaeljoined him. Hoyt gave …”

4 A Season for the Ages: Ron Guidry S. 51-70

„… theguesswork swings the advantage to the pitcher.STANDOUT MOMENTSGuidry threw nine shutouts in 1978. Two were …” „… pitchers,primarily during spring training but also as the Yankees’ pitching coachin 2006 and ’07.“When I retired in …” „… no-ticed Guidry’s mechanics weren’t suited to throwing a curve but en-couraged him to learn another pitch …”

8 Finding 75: Barry Zito S. 123-146

„… theroster because they took their four top pitchers.”Making this 2010 postseason low even lower was Zito’s …” „… night, his line score was six runs,six hits, four walks, and six strikeouts in 96 pitches. Dejected, he …” „… were against the Yankees.“It sucks as a starting pitcher to face the same teams twice in a row.And then …”

Preface

„… of the pitchers,and shared them for inclusion in the book. The library systems of Jeffer-son County …” „… andindex. | Summary: “In Pinnacle on the Mound, ten Cy Young Award-winning pitchers recog-nized as the very …” „… 9781538154823 (epub)Subjects: LCSH: Pitchers (Baseball)—Anecdotes. | Baseball—Anecdotes. | Cy Young …”

9 Climb the Mountain: R. A. Dickey S. 147-164

„… conversation focusedon the knuckleball and how Dickey fine-tuned baseball’s most unpre-dictable pitch, but we …” „… unconventional pitch emerging as the ace of the NewYork Mets pitching staff. Born and raised in Nashville, Dickey …” „… peakswaiting.GETTING TO 2012Dickey began his professional career as a conventional pitcher, relyingon his fastball and …”

7 Labels Don’t Apply: Jack McDowell S. 101-122

„… with me, recounting his memories from1993 when he was named the best pitcher in the American League …” „… immediately thought, “Man, he’s tall.” Iknew he was tall from seeing him pitch on TV with the White Sox …” „… best pitchers, but I didn’t wantto take up too much of his time. That said, Jack McDowell is …”

10 Pitching Aggressively: Corey Kluber S. 165-174

„… limited him to seven startsin 2019. He returned to pitch for the Texas Rangers during the …” „… pitch at that leveland have some success,” Kluber says. “I wouldn’t say that I was ultra-consistent, so …” „… fine-tuning his pitches so he would be ready for springtraining and the 162-game season ahead that would call …”

3 A Different Approach: Randy Jones S. 37-50

„… NationalLeague’s best pitcher.At San Diego Padres home games, you see Randy Jones. A display inthe team museum …” „… handed a plate.2CHAPTER 338No wonder why. True, he’s a Padres legend, the first Padres pitcherto pitch in …” „… , and approaches the Padres’ pitcher shoulduse to achieve success. Or, as Jones downplays, “some …”

1 Impossible Realized: Jim Lonborg S. 1-20

„… the American League pennant, a pitcher who delivered some of thefinest performances in World Series …” „… here.”1On the final day of the 1967 regular season, fans stormed Fenway Park’sfield and carried pitcher …” „… was still throwingthe ball well, Lonborg led off for Boston by bunting the first pitch downthe …”

6 Settled In: Dennis Eckersley S. 87-100

„… pitcher as well as itsMost Valuable Player. He was surprised by the MVP honors, and, infact, he said …” „… pitchers shouldn’t win the MVP.“I know there’s been some incredible years,” he said. “Not mine inparticular …” „… , leading theAmerican League in saves in 1988 and becoming in 1990 only thesecond pitcher in baseball …”

Bibliography S. 195-200

„… . “Sinker, Slider Bread and Butter Pitches for Jones.” Lethbridge Herald,June 11, 1978, 32.Antonen, Mel. “Cy …” „… , Dick. “Red Sox Pitcher Dennis Eckersley Announces His Retirement.” ProvidenceJournal-Bulletin, 1998 …” „… Consecutive Scoreless Innings in 9–1 Winover Rays.” June 13, 2012.O’Connor, Michael. “Lonborg Makes Pitch on …”

Index S. 201-206

„… , 26Piniella, Lou, 66Pinson, Vada, 25pitch counts, 31, 41, 44, 92pitch selection, 83, 89, 107, 134, 135 …”

Notes S. 191-194

„… . TURNING IT OVER—A NEW PITCH, NEW SUCCESS: MIKEMCCORMICK1. Author interview with Mike McCormick, August 15 …”

doi.org/10.5771/9781538154823

Emily Freeman Brown - A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor

No access

Select

Emily Freeman Brown

A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor

2015

Results in this title

Appendix 5 Pitch Names and Their Translations into French, German, and Italian S. 405-406

„… APPENDIX 5Pitch Names and Their Translations into French, German, and Italian405English French …”

THE DICTIONARY S. 1-382

„… THE DICTIONARYA3A. The pitch that is sounded for the tuning of the orchestra. Can also designate a …” „… key of a composition, as in Sym-phony in A.A=440 Hz (Hertz). The standard tuning pitch for most …” „… en-sembles today except in continental Europe, where that pitch can be as high as A=444 Hz. “Hz” stands for …”

Appendix 4 Percussion Instruments and Their Translations S. 401-404

„… , instruments of definite pitch and instruments of indefinite pitch. In each category are idiophones, that is …” „… xucalho.Cuíca. A single-headed, wooden friction drum capable of many pitches, it has a thin stick mounted on the …” „… the drum near the attachment of that stick, changing the pressure and, conse-quently, the pitch …”

Appendix 1 Six Pieces That Changed Conducting S. 383-396

„… Kreutzer sat at a piano in front of the soloists to keep them on pitch and help with entrances. In the …” „… predomi-nant pitch is D-flat, enharmonically the same as the first pitch, C-sharp. Is Debussy suggesting a kind …”

Preface

„… Appendix 5: Pitch Names and Their Translations into French, German, and Italian 405Appendix 6: Basic …”

Selected Bibliography S. 413-420

„… Washington Press, 1965.———. Perfect Pitch: A Life Story. New York: Schirmer Trade Books, 2002.Spitzer, John …”

doi.org/10.5771/9780810884014

Annette Gerstenberg - Generation und Sprachprofile im höheren Lebensalter

No access

Select

Annette Gerstenberg

Generation und Sprachprofile im höheren Lebensalter

Series: Analecta Romanica

Volume 76 2013

Results in this title

9. Intonation S. 149-192

„… Durchschnitt der Pitch Werte. 17 Eine detaillierte Übersicht zum Forschungsstand findet sich in …” „… Ebenen hinzufügt. Berücksichtigt werden break indices, pitch events, boundary tones, pitch accents …” „… zusammen mit den Daten zum Tonhöhenverlauf eingegeben werden (z. B. aus WinPitch oder aus PRAAT). Im …”

13. Vergleich der Sprachprofile S. 247-256

„… (TI) Einheitenlänge (TI) –0.30 0.03 PIm (TI) pitch range (TI) 0.32 0.02 Stimmhöhe (TI) Einheitenlänge …” „… zwischen dem Vorhandensein steigender Abschlusskonturen, und einem größeren pitch range, schließlich …” „… pitch range auffällt. Dabei sind die Einheiten alterstypisch kurz und liegen in der Nähe des …”

Bibliographie S. 341-368

„… male and Male Pitch». In: Language and Communication 9, 299–311. Henton, Caroline (1995): «Pitch …” „… ): «The Pro sogram. Transcription of prosody using pitch contour stylization based on a tonal perception …” „… Spoken Sentences». In: Journal of Gerontology 47/5, 350–356. WinPitch = Martin, Philippe (2005 …”

Register S. 369-372

„… 198 Pitch 166 Pitch range 167, 175, 177, 186, 187, 190, 248 Planungsprozess 216, 218, 260 Polyphonie …”

Anhang S. 265-340

„… , PId, IQR Länge der Einhei ten, pitch range (»average« und »ward«) 188 Fig. 12: Type Token Quotient …”

doi.org/10.5771/9783465136804

1

2 3 ... 288